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Grinham Research Group<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harvard University Graduate School of Design<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Patents<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cabral, S., Chu, Y., Grinham, J. \u201cRapid Building Evaluation for Resource Constrained Settings: Local Computer Vision Integration with Multi-Source Data.\u201d US App. No. 63\/960,406<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alvarenga, J., Grinham, J., Oloruntobo, D., Palmer, L. \u201cMethods and Compositions for Upcycling Wool.\u201d US  App. No. 63\/743,662<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alvarenga, J., Grinham, J. \u201cWater Collection in a Combined Vacuum Membrane Dehumidification and Evaporative Cooling System.\u201d PCT\/US24\/55027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grinham, J., Alvarenga, J., Bechthold, M, Aizenberg, J.\u201cHydrophobic Barrier Layer for Ceramic Indirect Evaporative Cooling Systems\u201d 11890579 (US)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grinham, J., Alvarenga, J., Lazovskis, P., Aizenberg, J. \u201cDehumidification and Water Harvesting Device and Methods for Making the Same\u201d PCT\/US24\/11511
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2023<\/strong>
Grinham, J., Craig, S., Ingber, D., Bechthold, M. \u201cRadiant Cooling Devices and Methods of Forming the Same” 11788800 (US)
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2022<\/strong>
Grinham, J., Alvarenga, J., Bechthold, M, Aizenberg, J.\u201cHydrophobic Barrier Layer for Ceramic Indirect Evaporative Cooling Systems\u201d 11305235 (US), 2019352620 (AU), ZL201980074127.9 (CN) IDP000088820 (ID)
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2021<\/strong>
Grinham, J., Alvarenga, J. \u201cVacuum Reservoir for Membrane Dehumidification\u201d PP2021\/63\/289,291 (abandoned)

2018<\/strong>
Bechthold, M., Grinham, J., Seibold, Z., Weaver, J.\u201cMethod for Magnetically Controlled Variable Pattern Casting and Related Design Strategies\u201d PP2018\/62\/746,781 (abandoned)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Selected Publications<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Palmer, L., Oloruntobo, D., Alvarenga, J., Grinham, J. \u201cUpcycling Waste Wool for Regenerative Building Retrofits: A Biocomposite Approach\u201d Resources, Conservation and Recycling, In Review<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cabral, S., Chu, Y., Grinham, J. \u201cRapid Building Evaluation for Resource Constrained Settings: Local Computer Vision Integration with Multi-Source Data.\u201d Building and Environment, In Review<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salimi, S., Rajput, M., Han. X., Grinham, J., Malkawi, A., Samuelson, H. \u201cExpanded Cost-Benefit Analysis of Housing Energy Upgrades, Including Life-Cycle Carbon and Lessons from Harvard\u2019s HouseZero.\u201d Forthcoming<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grinham, J., Alvarenga, J., Palmer, L., Lazovskis, P.  \u201cLow Carbon Cooling using Combined Vacuum Membrane Dehumidification and Evaporative Cooling System.\u201d Forthcoming<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grinham, J., Mhatre, S., Seibold, Z., Richter-Lunn, K., Alvarenga, J., Bechthold, M.  \u201cRational Vapor Control in Co-3D Printed Ceramics\u201d Forthcoming <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grinham, J., Alvarenga, J., Richter-Lunn, K., Lazovskis, P., Ejarque, S., Bilbao, A., Bechthold, M., Aizenberg, J., 2025. Effective indirect evaporative cooling using superhydrophobic nano-architectured porous ceramics. Applied Energy 397, 126297. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.apenergy.2025.126297<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lazovskis, P., Alvarenga, J., Teitelbaum, E., Merchant, C.,  Rucewicz, S., Cabrera, P., Rebbagondla, J. M.,  Norford, L.,  Aizenberg, J., Grinham, J., Meggers, F. 2025. \u201cSorption vs. Separation \u2013 Prototype Comparison of Two Approaches to Fa\u00e7ade-Integrated Dehumidification.\u201d Building and Environment 284,113486. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.buildenv.2025.113486<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Khurshid, H., Lee, I., Grinham, J., and Bar-Sinai, K. \u201cWoven-Root Tiles: Toward Fully Biodegradable Vertical Wall Elements.\u201d Accepted paper ACADIA 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geze, V., Iyengar, M., Choe, J., Palmer, L., and Grinham, J. \u201cHidden hues: A stud of algae pigments.\u201d Proceedings of the 2025 Circular Design Conference, Copenhagen, DK, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024<\/strong>
Palmer, L., Naginski, E., La, G., Grinham, J. \u201cPipecycle: A Heated Exchange Between Systems and Space-making,\u201d Proceedings of IBPC 2024: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Toronto, ON. 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-981-97-8313-7_25<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lazovskis, P., Alvarenga, J., Teitelbaum, E., Merchant, C., Rucewicz, S., Cabrera, P., Rebbagondla, J. M., Norford, L., Aizenberg, J., Grinham, J., Meggers, F., \u201cSorption vs. Separation \u2013 Prototype Comparison of Two Approaches to Fa\u00e7ade-Integrated Dehumidification,\u201d Proceedings of IBPC 2024: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Toronto, ON. 2024. (Best paper award) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-981-97-8313-7_20<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mayer, M. and Grinham, J. \u201cCharacterization of Links Between Embodied Carbon and Thermal Mass.\u201d in: “The Routledge Handbook on Embodied Carbon in the Built Environments,\u201d Azari, R. and Moncaster, A.,(Eds.) Routledge, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2023<\/strong>
Hunt, E. and Grinham, J. \u201cAn Investigation Into Water-Soluble 3D Printed Formwork informed by Finite Element Analysis,\u201d Proceedings of the 2024 Conference for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), Ahmedabad, India. 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/doi.org\/10.52842\/conf.caadria.2023.2.251<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


2022<\/strong>
Hyatt, A., P\u00e9rez-Aguirre, C., Yarnell, A., Grinham, J. Decarbonization at the Campus Scale: Evaluating the Life-Cycle Carbon Impacts of Deep Energy Retrofits of Three University Building Typologies. PLEA 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grinham, Jonathan, Henning Fjeldheim, Bin Yan, Tor Dokka Helge, Kristian Edwards, Tine Hegli, and Ali Malkawi. 2022. \u201cZero-Carbon Balance: The Case of HouseZero.\u201d Building and Environment 207 (January): 108511.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.buildenv.2021.108511<\/a>
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2021<\/strong>
Grinham, Jonathan, Matthew J. Hancock, Kitty Kumar, Martin Bechthold, Donald E. Ingber, and Joanna Aizenberg. 2021. \u201cBioinspired Design and Optimization for Thin Film Wearable and Building Cooling Systems.\u201d Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 17 (1): 015003.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1088\/1748-3190\/ac2f55<\/a>

Kharbanda, K. , Chen, J., Grinham, J. \u201cEarly Stage Design LCA Calculation Framework within Grasshopper.\u201d Proceedings of the ACLCA 2021 Conference, 2021.

2020<\/strong>
Jensen, A., Norford, L., Grinham, J. \u201cMass(Ive) Timber: Examining the Thermally Massive Behavior of Mass Timber Construction.\u201d Technology|Architecture + Design 4, no. 2, 2020: 186\u201399. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/24751448.2020.1804763<\/a>

Grinham, Jonathan, Craig S., Ingber D. E., and Bechthold M. \u201cOrigami Microfluidics for Radiant Cooling with Small Temperature Differences in Buildings.\u201d Applied Energy 277, 2020: 115610. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2018<\/strong>
Seibold, Z., Grinham, J., Geletina, O., Ahanotu, O., Sayegh, A., Weaver, J., Bechthold, M. \u201cFluid Equilibrium: Material Computation in Ferrofluidic Castings.\u201d Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA), Mexico City, Mx 2018: 250-258.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/doi.org\/10.52842\/conf.acadia.2018.250<\/a>

2017
<\/strong>Craig, S. and Grinham, J. \u201cBreathing Walls: The Design of Porous Materials for Heat Exchange and Decentralized Ventilation.\u201d Energy and Buildings, 149, 2017: 246-59.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.enbuild.2017.05.036<\/a>

Craig, S. and Grinham, J. \u201cWood Enclosures Engineered as Heat Exchangers.\u201d in: \u201cWood Urbanism: From the Molecular to the Territorial\u201d, Hutton J., Iba\u00f1ez D., Moe K., (Eds.) Actar, 2017.

Mesa, O., Grinham. J., Mhatre, S., Norman, S., Stavric, M., Sayegh, A., and Bechthold, M. \u201cNon-Linear Matters: Auxetic Surfaces.\u201d Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA), Cambridge, Ma, 2017: 392-403.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/doi.org\/10.52842\/conf.acadia.2017.392<\/a><\/strong>

Grinham, J. \u201cThe Vascularization of Buildings: Micro- to Milli-Scale Flow Systems for Heating and Cooling in the Built Environment.\u201d Doctor of Design Dissertation, Harvard University, 2017.

2014<\/strong>
Grinham, J., Blabolil, B., Haak, J., \u201cHarvest Shade Screens: Programming Material for Optimal Energy Building Skins.\u201d Proceedings of 2014 ACADIA Conference, Los Angeles, CA,  2014: 281-290. RPT. Proceedings of 9th Energy Forum 2014 on Advanced Building Skins, Bressanone, Italy, 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/doi.org\/10.52842\/conf.acadia.2014.281<\/a><\/strong>

Grinham, J. \u201cSmall Digital: A Case Study in Digital Design at Scale.\u201d in:\u201cFragment 05: Union Station Bus Terminal\u201d Cook, C., Ray, T., Burke, J., Zelov, Z., Grinham, J.,(Eds.) Washington DC, 2014.

Frost\u00e9n, I., Grinham, J., Ku, K., \u201cA Pedagogical Exploration of an Open-Source Architecture Paradigm in the Responsive Design Studio.\u201d ACSA\/AIK International Conference, Seoul, South Korea, 2014.

King, N., Grinham, J., Pender, S., Vroman, R., Clark, C., \u201cBeyond Digital Steroids: A Pedagogical Approach to Foundation Design Education through Design Robotics.\u201d ACSA\/AIK International Conference, Seoul, South Korea, 2014.

King, N., Grinham, J., Saladik, D., Ricks, A., Murphy, M., \u201cCrafting Eclipses: Integrating Computational Design and Automation through Programmed Craft-Based Fabrication in the Developing World.\u201d ACSA\/AIK International Conference, Seoul, South Korea, 2014.

2013
\u200d<\/strong>Dunay, R, Wheeler, J, Schubert, R, Grinham, J, \u201cEclipsis: A Historic Precedent – Digital Fabrication.\u201d Proceedings of the 101st ACSA Annual Meeting Conference, San Francisco, CA, 2013
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2012<\/strong>
Grinham, J. And King, N., \u201cAutomating Eclipsis: Robotic Fabrication of Optimized Custom Metal Shutter Systems.\u201d Proceedings of the Rob|Arch 2012 conference, Vienna, Austria, 2012: 52-59.
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Grinham, J. and Ku, K., \u201c4D Environments and Design: Towards an Appliance Architecture Paradigm.\u201d Proceedings of the 100th ACSA Annual Meeting Conference, Boston, MA, 2012. RPT ARCC Spring 2013 Newsletter, Volume 37, Issue 1, Spring, 2013.

2011
\u200d<\/strong>Dunay, R., Wheeler, J., Schubert, R., Clark, D., Grinham, J. \u201cLumenHaus and the Eclipsis System: Historical Concept and Modern Technology.\u201d JAU: Journal of Asian Urbanism, no. 5 2011: 32-37.\u200d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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